Affordable Fast Primes

Chaos123x said:
Getting shallow depth a field on micro four thirds is hard to without a really fast lenses. Sometimes makes we want to switch to canon where a 1.8 lens provides plenty of creamy bokeh..
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Man, this makes me feel really old, cause I guess I'm the exception rather than the norm. Switching to my cranky old man voice... What is it with this generation of shooters that care more about what's out of focus than what's in focus?
Seriously though... As an example, Shooting an 85mm f2.8 10 feet from the subject with an AF100 will display a total DOF of only 4.1 inches.

All the Best!

Dave
 
Shooter said:
Tell us how and show us some examples. Always keen to learn.
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Now, I didn't say this is at all an ideal method and it doesn't come close to the larger sensor cameras, but you can obtain a shallower DOF by shooting the subject at a distance; zoomed in tight on the subject; subject distant from background.
 
HDkilledFILM. said:
I checked around and Ken Rockwell doesn't like the Voigtlander 50mm f1.1 and a few people have said that the bokah is bad... I'd personally rather drop the cash on a Zeiss f1.4 planar but again, not as fast and that's my op... Heck I love my canon 50mm f1.4 fd as well which is under 100 bucks on ebay. In the end it's all subjective, lens rentals(Or any other online rental shop) or your local camera shop is the best way to find the lens which is both within your budget and which suits your shooting style. Happy hunting-Adam
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Ken doesn't like the Zeiss ZF lenses either. Don't believe only one source.
 
David W. Jones said:
Man, this makes me feel really old, cause I guess I'm the exception rather than the norm. Switching to my cranky old man voice... What is it with this generation of shooters that care more about what's out of focus than what's in focus?
Seriously though... As an example, Shooting an 85mm f2.8 10 feet from the subject with an AF100 will display a total DOF of only 4.1 inches.

All the Best!

Dave
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Ha ha. Well put and welcome to the 'Curmudgeons Club'

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David W. Jones said:
Man, this makes me feel really old, cause I guess I'm the exception rather than the norm. Switching to my cranky old man voice... What is it with this generation of shooters that care more about what's out of focus than what's in focus?
Seriously though... As an example, Shooting an 85mm f2.8 10 feet from the subject with an AF100 will display a total DOF of only 4.1 inches.

All the Best!


Dave
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Well stated!

@Berk, give a try to the leica DG 25mm 1.4. I love it. It has some breathing but it's so sharp and keeps minimal fringing and flare when wide open.
I have the Oly 45mm 1.8 as well and it's not bad at all for the price.

Hope this helps
 
Shooter said:
Why such a "need" for f0.95 guys?
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I my case - I hardly ever shoot at 0.95 but want to have the possibility to do it under certain circumstances. Apart from the Voigtlaender my other most-liked lens is an old Leica Elmarit 19mm f 2.8, btw. And sure: These lenses give you headaches with pulling focus when used wide open.

What I like with the Voigtlaender is that it works as a near-macro, seems to be rock-steady, has buttery and long focus throw and has - at least in my opinion - good to very good optical qualities. So for me the Voigtlaenders are a good compromise between lenses for photography & video. And, yes, I am rather conservative lens-wise and love their built (btw: do you write "built" with a "t" in such cases in English?)
 
I don't know about the other guys but I never been able to shoot film so I always shot on video where pretty much any shallow depth of field was impossible so now that we can we are going a bit crazy for it.

Much like when the DVX100 introduced 24P and cinema gamma curves, we went nuts for it. I remember everyone wanted or bought the dvx100.
 
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